The Miami Dolphins have been one of the NFL’s most pleasant surprises through two weeks, as they dominated the Patriots and then made an unbelievable comeback against the Ravens to get to 2-0 headed into a showdown with the Buffalo Bills for first in the AFC East on Sunday.
The two teams traded touchdowns in the first half, ending at 14-14, but there was significant concern for the Dolphins after their final drive of the half saw Tua Tagovailoa get injured and leave for the locker room. After a pass over the middle, Tua got pushed to the ground late by Matt Milano and the back of his head slammed into the turf.
When Tagovailoa stood up, he was very wobbly and fell back to a knee after trying to walk, which thankfully alerted the rest of the Dolphins to alert the medical staff and get him taken out of the game and into the locker room for evaluation.
It is a scary looking injury and he was officially ruled “questionable” to return with a head injury, but one would certainly think his day was done. Hopefully he can make a full recovery in reasonable time, but the Dolphins will want to be fairly cautious with their star quarterback. In the meantime, Teddy Bridgewater will take over under center against the Bills and any further time Tua may miss should he have indeed suffered a concussion on the play.
